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“ Jardin du Roi,” and was planted with fine spice and other 
trees, now it does duty for a mightier King. It is on a steep 
elope near Government House, but the graves are so little 
proctected that after heavy rains, some of them must be entire- 
ly laid bare. 
“ Kear the Cemetery is the Mausoleum of the Chevalier 
Queau de Quincy, Military Commandant under the French 
Republic. He was Governor of the Seychelles in 1794 when 
Commodore Newcome in the Orphotos accompanied by other 
vessels of war, enterred the Bay and demanded the surren- 
der of the place, giving De Quincy an hour’s time to decide. 
Finding himself in a pretty considerable fix, he wisely com- 
plied with the demand; and the old and distinguished Officer 
was allowed to capitulate with all the honors of war. It would 
appear that he soon won the respeet of his conqueror. The 
Commodore not being able to loave men enough to occupy 
the place, actually proposed to De Quincy to accept tbe post 
of Governor under the new Regime, which he did, and kept 
loyally to his compact. The French however did not give up 
all claim to the Islands so summarily wrested from them. In 
1801 after the attempt to assassinate the First Consul, 71 of 
the conspirators were banished to Mahe, but with very few 
exceptions they all perished, no provision being made for them 
by the French Government. Some descendants ot these few 
are still living. It was only in 1814 that these islands were 
formally ceded to Britain. 
“ There is a good Hospital just outside the town. It is cons- 
tructed of sawn blocks of coral procured from the reefs, and 
strange to say, the usual discoloration by the action of the 
elements on coral has not yet taken place, the blocks being still 
as white as snow. 
“The Bay of Mahe is about 4 miles in extent, and capable of 
containing over 1.00 vessels. The entrance is however so in- 
tricate as to render it almost impossible for a stranger to en. 
ter it at night, and even in the day time it requires a good 
pilot. Mr Franklin has recently laid down a number of Buoys 
to assist navigation in the tortuous channel. Many little 
islets dot the Bay and from the chaussee cau be seen the 
